A taste of the coming wet season came through in the night, lighting up the ridges with lightning and briefly drenching the hillsides. It left behind a heavy mist. We were awakened by the cries of a dying dinosaur, its death throes echoing eerily off the steep walls of the valley. Actually, it turned out…
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Among our varied assignments as volunteers, Big Beyond asked me to help several local business efforts with developing a business plan, marketing, packaging, and so on. I had an MBA and some experience. I was happy to try. In the West, markets, supply chains, contract laws, and all the tools and infrastructure needed for business…
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I decided to start walking back to Ruguburi. One of the race monitors (her job was to check off the runners as they came by and point them down the correct route) and a couple of other young women decided to join me. I’m not sure, but I think this was in part to ensure…
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We roused ourselves early and headed down to the village while the morning mist was still floating through the valleys. The scouts arrived in their bus, in which we loaded cases of bottled water for transport to the big playing field, where the races would be staged. Yoly asked me to keep an eye on…
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It just so happened that our first weekend in Rubugiri coincided with Big Beyond’s major event of the year, the annual Mountain Gorilla Trail Run. This was the fourth(?) year of the event, and for the first time would feature a 21k race, in addition to the usual 5k, 10k, and a 1k for young…
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